Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 15:27
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 92.8 47% 72.2 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 185 24% 184 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.58% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 9.25 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 14.9 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 27812 (A5) Unknown 100 100 100 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (94) Unknown 100 100 47257 (95) Unknown 100 100 1552 (96) Unknown 100 100 1391 (97) Unknown 100 100 1524 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 178434 (F2) Unknown 100 100 203793 (F5) Unknown 100 100 444992	49.3% Average	Read 357 Write 243 Mixed 218 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 11.8 62% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 49.5 DQ Mixed 13.6 18% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 118%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 156GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 187 183 3650 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9433 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8365 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 41 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.8% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 52.3 Mixed 32.1 33% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16